Full Product Details
Author: Irene Morck
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers,Canada
Imprint: Orca Book Publishers,Canada
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 0.80cm
, Length: 5.00cm
Weight: 0.080kg
ISBN: 9781551432717
ISBN 10: 1551432714
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 01 September 2003
Recommended Age: From 12 years
Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
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Children/juvenile
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Educational: Primary & Secondary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Short and sweet, this is likely to please outdoorsy teens as well as the usual horse-mad girls. --KLIATT (01/01/2004) The action driven story will have reluctant readers galloping through this title. Sentences are short, grammar is uncomplicated, while the plot provides much material for discussion. -- (01/01/2004) This small volume, beautifully written with vivid imagery and well-developed characters and plot, explains how sometimes what might seem like a bad decision might actually be a good one. -- (06/01/2005) Morck's experience with horses and trail-riding in the mountains is most evident...This book is aimed at an audience that is not limited to older adolescents; the gentle but engaging animal-human adventure story will also find a ready audience among middle-school students. Recommended. -- (01/01/2004) Provides readers with a true sense of escape and adventure. Sure to appeal to animal lovers and adventure lovers alike, it presents colourful characters and a unique plot. -- (09/01/2003) With just enough horses to appease girls, and just evough adventure to engage boys, Tough Trails delivers strong characters, adventures, and an easy to understand linear plot in just under 100 pages. Nothing in here will offend, either, making this an uncontroversial choice for classrooms. Recommended. -- (01/01/2005)
Short and sweet, this is likely to please outdoorsy teens as well as the usual horse-mad girls. --KLIATT (01/01/2004) Morck's experience with horses and trail-riding in the mountains is most evident...This book is aimed at an audience that is not limited to older adolescents; the gentle but engaging animal-human adventure story will also find a ready audience among middle-school students. Recommended. -- (01/01/2004) The action driven story will have reluctant readers galloping through this title. Sentences are short, grammar is uncomplicated, while the plot provides much material for discussion. -- (01/01/2004) This small volume, beautifully written with vivid imagery and well-developed characters and plot, explains how sometimes what might seem like a bad decision might actually be a good one. -- (06/01/2005) Provides readers with a true sense of escape and adventure. Sure to appeal to animal lovers and adventure lovers alike, it presents colourful characters and a unique plot. -- (09/01/2003) With just enough horses to appease girls, and just evough adventure to engage boys, Tough Trails delivers strong characters, adventures, and an easy to understand linear plot in just under 100 pages. Nothing in here will offend, either, making this an uncontroversial choice for classrooms. Recommended. -- (01/01/2005)
Short and sweet, this is likely to please outdoorsy teens as well as the usual horse-mad girls. --KLIATT (01/01/2004) This small volume, beautifully written with vivid imagery and well-developed characters and plot, explains how sometimes what might seem like a bad decision might actually be a good one. -- (06/01/2005) Morck's experience with horses and trail-riding in the mountains is most evident...This book is aimed at an audience that is not limited to older adolescents; the gentle but engaging animal-human adventure story will also find a ready audience among middle-school students. Recommended. -- (01/01/2004) The action driven story will have reluctant readers galloping through this title. Sentences are short, grammar is uncomplicated, while the plot provides much material for discussion. -- (01/01/2004) Provides readers with a true sense of escape and adventure. Sure to appeal to animal lovers and adventure lovers alike, it presents colourful characters and a unique plot. -- (09/01/2003) With just enough horses to appease girls, and just evough adventure to engage boys, Tough Trails delivers strong characters, adventures, and an easy to understand linear plot in just under 100 pages. Nothing in here will offend, either, making this an uncontroversial choice for classrooms. Recommended. -- (01/01/2005)
Short and sweet, this is likely to please outdoorsy teens as well as the usual horse-mad girls. --KLIATT (01/01/2004) This small volume, beautifully written with vivid imagery and well-developed characters and plot, explains how sometimes what might seem like a bad decision might actually be a good one. -- (06/01/2005) Morck's experience with horses and trail-riding in the mountains is most evident...This book is aimed at an audience that is not limited to older adolescents; the gentle but engaging animal-human adventure story will also find a ready audience among middle-school students. Recommended. -- (01/01/2004) Provides readers with a true sense of escape and adventure. Sure to appeal to animal lovers and adventure lovers alike, it presents colourful characters and a unique plot. -- (09/01/2003) The action driven story will have reluctant readers galloping through this title. Sentences are short, grammar is uncomplicated, while the plot provides much material for discussion. -- (01/01/2004) With just enough horses to appease girls, and just evough adventure to engage boys, Tough Trails delivers strong characters, adventures, and an easy to understand linear plot in just under 100 pages. Nothing in here will offend, either, making this an uncontroversial choice for classrooms. Recommended. -- (01/01/2005)
Author Information
Irene Morck is an accomplished author and trail-rider. Her first book with Orca, Tough Trails is based on many of her adventures riding in the Rocky Mountains. Irene lives on a farm with ten mules, one horse and her husband.
